Notes: Hope & Pen-y-ffordd station opened in 1849 as part
of the Mold Railway Companies double track line from Saltney near
Chester to Mold. Upon opening it was known simply as Hope. The
line was extended to Denbigh Junction on 12.9.1869 by the LNWR
and it would become known as the Chester to Denbigh line. Pen-y-fford
was added to the name on 16.1.1912

Although this line could never be described as a main line it
did host regular passenger services between Corwen, Ruthin, Denbigh,
Mold and Chester although by the early 1960's the only service
to operate was the all stations Chester General to Denbigh and
Ruthin service which usually consisted of only two coaches.

Freight services were withdrawn from Hope and Pen-y-ffordd from
5th September 1955. Hope & Pen-y-fford Station was situated
in Pen-y-fford Village to the east of a level crossing over the
original A550 (today there is a bypass). After closure the station
building survived in use as a private dwelling which it remains
to the present time. One interesting feature is the signal post
complete with signals in the garden which can easily be seen from
the road a;though probably not in its original position.